09/06/2017 (Agence Europe) – The president of the Catalan government, Carles Puigdemont, announced on Friday 9 June that a referendum on self-determination for Catalonia will be held on Sunday 1 October 2017. The referendum question is clear: ‘Do you want Catalonia to be an independent state in the form of a republic?’ Puigdemont stressed that the referendum result would provide a ‘mandate’ that he would pledge to apply. The announcement is very badly perceived in Madrid, which...